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EP 1040052 B1 20020619 - PACKAGING WITH WEDGE ELEMENT

Title (en)

PACKAGING WITH WEDGE ELEMENT

Title (de)

VERPACKUNG MIT VERKEILELEMENT

Title (fr)

EMBALLAGE AVEC ELEMENT DE CALAGE

Publication

EP 1040052 B1 20020619 (DE)

Application

EP 98956896 A 19981029

Priority

DE 29722390 U 19971218
EP 9806873 W 19981029

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9932371A1] The bed (3) in a packaging for an object (4), which is to be fixed on a bed (3), should consist of several plies of corrugated board (7, 8).

IPC 1-7

B65D 81/107; B65D 5/50; B65D 65/40

IPC 8 full level

B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B65D 65/40 (2006.01); B65D 81/107 (2006.01); B65D 81/113 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 81/113 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9932371 A1 19990701; AT E219452 T1 20020715; AU 1337299 A 19990712; DE 29722390 U1 19980319; DE 59804538 D1 20020725; DK 1040052 T3 20021014; EP 1040052 A1 20001004; EP 1040052 B1 20020619; ES 2178852 T3 20030101

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9806873 W 19981029; AT 98956896 T 19981029; AU 1337299 A 19981029; DE 29722390 U 19971218; DE 59804538 T 19981029; DK 98956896 T 19981029; EP 98956896 A 19981029; ES 98956896 T 19981029